St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-11
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The Name of sne Next Oil Inspector
Still q NYat1ar of nouht.

It comes from an inside source that Nc
Gill IS having difficulty in securing just the
man he wants for the Oil inspectOrship.
This is the reason the appointment was nos
announced with the others, several day>
ago. Gen. Flower had been selected for
the place, and no further attention was
given to the matter by Gov. McGill. The
opposition to the extravaganza fees paid thu.
oil inspector, and the talk about aboishing
the position altogether or making
it salaried Office, at the present
session of the legislature became So
pronounced. all over the state, that Flowers
suspicious became aroused and he began to
think that probably. after all, it was not to
be the fat thing that it had been in the
past. If the legislature made the office a
salaried One-S2, 500 to So 900 per year
there was not SO much attraction to it,
And there was blooming probability tina,
this was just exactly what the Legislature,
intended to do. Flower was shrewG
enough to take all this into consideration
and he weighed the matter carefully. OF
course he wouldn't throw ST. 900 per an
nun job over his shoulder because there was
no likelihood that he could pick up any
thing near so fat lying around loose in the
Northwest But the chances were thai
the 1000 part of the job would be knocked
out by the legislature, and Mr.. Flower
thinking that a bird in the hand was worth
two i'll the bush, concluded to accept good
position rendered him by the Manitoba
company. This is the reason why Gov.
McGill did not announce the name of the
OIL Inspector the other day. There has been
a great deal of talk about the Office going tn
II. b. WILLIS, OF ST. PAUL.
But the failure of McGill to name him
when he announced the other appointments
is conceded to mean that Willis will not ge:
1t. 1t is not generally known, but the rea
power behind McGill is Mai. Hubbard. of
Minneapolis. He is an intimate friend ami
has been the confidential adviser of McGill.
and the latter places great reliance in his
Judgment. After Flower decided not t.
accept the place, it is stated on good au-
thority that Hubbard advised McGill not to
appoint Willis, or any other man from st.
Paul or Minneapolis. The major cOntended
that, if the place was given to man from
either of the cities, the country people
would raise a cOmmotiOn. and a general
howl would go up that ST. Paul and Min
neapoliS always got the fat places. The
major argued that McGill had a fine
chance to strengthen his admin
stration by appointing popular man from
the country, and McGill fell in with the
idea. 1t may be accepted as a pretty GER
tain fact that the appointment will come
from the country. and not from st. Paul or
Minneapolis. The difficulty in finding the
right kind of man has led to the delay.
McGill is especially DESTROYS of making his
administration strong with the masses in
the rural districts and this will be one of
the first steps in that direction. Meanwhile
Capt. Castle. the retiring inspector, smiles
gleefully as he mentally calculates the
ducats that have fallen into his pockets.
They may make the office a salaried one
for all he cares! He's picked all the plums
off the trees. They can be cut down now
and left on the cold ground to wither and
decay.